Global Patent Index - EP 0312101 A3

EP 0312101 A3 19910605 - TWO CHAMBERED AUTOTRANSFUSER DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE

Title (en)

TWO CHAMBERED AUTOTRANSFUSER DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE

Publication

EP 0312101 A3 19910605 (EN)

Application

EP 88117140 A 19881014

Priority

US 10839787 A 19871014

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0312101A2] An autotransfuser (10) that includes, in a single receptacle (15), a pair of chambers (20, 30) separated by a common wall (16). Each receptacle can alternately perform, a blood infusion or blood collection function. Each chamber includes at least three inlets/outlets, a blood inlet (24, 34), a blood outlet (25, 35) and an air inlet means (22, 32). In some embodiments of the invention the air inlet means serves alternately to couple either an air or a pressure source on the one hand or a vacuum source on the other hand to the corresponding chamber. In other embodiments of the invention, the air inlet means comprises a vacuum inlet and a separate air or pressure inlet. A disk like device (40) or valve manifold is arranged for rotatable movement adjacent the inlets/outlets. The disk like device includes four channels, one for each of air or pressure (47), vacuum (46), blood collection (48) and blood infusion (49). Each channel includes a port for coupling to external tubing and at least one channel end. The channel ends are located in the disk like device so that by rotating the disk like device to two distinct positions, one or the other of the functions can be performed by each chamber. A blood valve is also disclosed which has a float element (104) having a specific gravity which allows it to float in a pool of human blood and a significant closure force in excess of about ten to fifteen grams.

IPC 1-7

A61M 5/14

IPC 8 full level

A61M 1/02 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 5/40 (2006.01); A61M 39/22 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61M 1/3627 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 5/40 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 39/223 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0312101 A2 19890419; EP 0312101 A3 19910605; EP 0312101 B1 19941228; AT E116137 T1 19950115; AU 2373788 A 19890420; AU 619491 B2 19920130; CA 1301003 C 19920519; DE 3852603 D1 19950209; DE 3852603 T2 19950524; DK 576588 A 19890415; DK 576588 D0 19881014; FI 884749 A0 19881014; FI 884749 A 19890415; JP H01212560 A 19890825; JP H0622598 B2 19940330; MX 166471 B 19930112; NO 173855 B 19931108; NO 173855 C 19940216; NO 884601 D0 19881014; NO 884601 L 19890417; US 4846800 A 19890711

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 88117140 A 19881014; AT 88117140 T 19881014; AU 2373788 A 19881014; CA 580077 A 19881013; DE 3852603 T 19881014; DK 576588 A 19881014; FI 884749 A 19881014; JP 25924988 A 19881014; MX 1343388 A 19881014; NO 884601 A 19881014; US 10839787 A 19871014